| re: Your pearls are sufficiently clutched and your pique noted. |
| Posted by: ryhog 02:19 pm EDT 08/09/20 |
| In reply to: re: Your pearls are sufficiently clutched and your pique noted. - TheOtherOne 08:05 am EDT 08/09/20 |
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"It's a case of an actor's ego getting out of hand."
But is it?
In baseball, we refer to franchise players who negotiate sky high salaries because they can. LOJ is Hamilton's franchise player.
Did you think LMM's ego was out of hand when he negotiated his top dollar deal with Jeffrey Seller (including paying his father a percentage)? Did you think Jeffrey Seller's ego was out of hand when he raised ticket prices to thousand dollar territory? Or is it just the black actor who is the star of your show who is supposed to resist negotiating the best deal he can get? Ya know, LOJ had an understudy. The producers could have said thanks anyway. But they didn't because they knew he was worth it. Hamilton is to Broadway what the Yankees are to baseball. Wanna play without Gerrit Cole? Just say no. Wanna memorialize your play without the star? Just say no.
Do you think Hugh Jackman was uppity for cutting his deal with Rudin for MM? Whether we like it or not, we live in a capitalist country, and that doesn't apply differently based on race (or sex or any other category that we "traditionally" paid less). Offer and acceptance, bid and ask, quid pro quo. |
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